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Re: cfs and list status
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony R Iano-Fletcher)
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Hi
Bill Dorsey wrote:
> Check out tcfs (Transparent Cryptographic File System) at
> http://tcfs.dia.unisa.it .....
> If you are running some
> other flavor of Unix, you'll have to stick with CFS for now.
This is a strength of CFS over TCFS. I can run it on Solaris, SGIs
and Linux and have everything work together.
Glenn Holmer wrote:
> I am still using CFS. Isn't it linked against an older libc?
> Should I be worried that it will eventually become unusable?
you can always try to recompile it from scratch.
Matt Blaze wrote:
> out a minor release "any day now", with a major release to follow once
> I can set aside some coding time.
This is good news. I have been a very satisfied user of CFS over the
last few years. Thanks very much.
> I started work on this in earnest about a month ago, though there have
> been
> a bunch of distractions that have gotten in the way. Realistically,
> I expect to have a beta release of CFS2.0 out in about 4-5 weeks.
I look forward to it. I'm happy to some test driving under Solaris, IRIX and
Linux.
> Sorry for ignoring this for so long.
I'm glad to see that CFS hasnt been abandoned.
Anthony.
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